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• Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person

  Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world's richest person — a shift that underlines the loosening of America and Europe's stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires' club.

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• Topeka, Kansas renames itself Google, Kansas

  Source: TechCrunch

  The mayor of Topeka, Kansas today signed a proclamation that for the rest of the month, Topeka will be known as "Google, Kansas." Yes, you're reading that correctly — Topeka is now "Google."

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• Palin Standard: Republicans do not need to be fired if they use the word "retarded"

  Source: CNN

  Sarah Palin is criticizing a Rick Perry campaign adviser accused of using the word "retarded" - but she isn't demanding that the aide be fired.

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• Man Arrested Trying To Board Plane With Severed Seal Head

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  A man in Boston has been arrested after he tried to board a plane with the severed head of a seal.

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• National Portrait Gallery hangs image of Salinger

  The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is installing a portrait of "The Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger.

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